Letter: Pothole repairs in cities and state long overdue

Published 7:24 pm, Saturday, August 12, 2017

Erie Boulevard is heavily spotted with many potholes which were put on the list for repair by the Schenectady Public Works Department Thursday March 5, 2015 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

Erie Boulevard is heavily spotted with many potholes which were put on the list for repair by the Schenectady Public Works Department Thursday March 5, 2015 in Schenectady, N.Y. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union)

This is a letter to all municipalities in the Capital Region, except Brunswick, but including the state of New York: We need them to, please, fix the potholes in the roads, now.

The condition of streets, especially in Troy, is deplorable and inexcusable. The ruts and bumps remain from last winter and here it is August. Can no one afford blacktop? My car, which was new in April, will be a piece of junk by summer's end just from bouncing around. Or it will be totaled in a head-on while I try to avoid the craters.

Other states like Massachusetts and Vermont don't seem to have this problem. What's wrong with the great state of New York? Money can't be that short, as whole street paving is ongoing. Maybe nobody noticed, or cares.